Category: Advent 2025
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December 15-Advent 2025
Name: Barbara Knepper Which Service do you attend: Sundays, 9 a.m. Word: Mighty Scripture: Philippians 2:5-8 “You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to.” For most of my adult life, I’ve taught Little Kids Sunday School. One Sunday we were going to talk…
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December 14-Advent 2025
Name: Rev. Lucas Bonates Which Service do you attend: All 3 services Word: Counselor Scripture: Hebrews 2:16-18: “We also know that the Son did not come to help angels; he came to help the descendants of Abraham. Therefore, it was necessary for him to be made in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters, so that he could be…
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December 13-Advent 2025
Name: Janice Braden Which Service do you attend: Saturdays, 5 p.m. Word: Sacred Scripture: Luke 2:30-31: “For my eyes have seen your salvation, that you have prepared in the sight of all nations.” My mom, Anna Mary, was a wonderful woman and mom. She was definitely a Proverbs 31 woman. She opened her home to anyone and everyone. She cherished…
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December 12-Advent 2025
Name: Pat Bailey Which Service do you attend: Saturdays, 5 p.m. Word: Seen Scripture: Luke 1:34: “He grew up like a young plant before us, like a root from dry ground. He possessed no splendid form for us to see, no desirable appearance.” Back when I traveled with youngsters (my own children or grandchildren) in the car, it didn’t take…
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December 11-Advent 2025
Name: Michael Birch Which Service do you attend: Sundays, 9 a.m. Word: Assumptions Scripture: Luke 1:34: “Mary asked the angel, “But how can this happen? I am a virgin.” When I think of Advent, my mind drifts to the hush of winter darkness, to finely dressed churchgoers gathering in warm sanctuaries, to choirs that seemed to reach heaven itself. My…
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December 10-Advent 2025
Name: JulieAnna Davis Which Service do you attend: All 3 services Word: Virgin Scripture: Luke 1:34: “Mary asked the angel, “But how can this happen? I am a virgin.” Depending on what Bible you use, the word “virgin (s)” appears a total of 41 times. The word(s) is used in both literal and spiritual contexts throughout the Old and New Testaments. Literal: To…
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December 9-Advent 2025
Name: Denise McGhee Which Service do you attend: Sundays, 9 a.m. Word: Omega Scripture: Revelation 1:8: “I am the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end,”[a] says the Lord God. “I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come—the Almighty One.” I look at my milkweed every morning and see caterpillars who are making their…
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December 8-Advent 2025
Name: Diane Hull Which Service do you attend: Sundays, 9 a.m. Your Word: Breath Your Scripture: Revelation 1:8: “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” “I gotta go breathe,” I told my sister as we lunged over the ditch approaching our backyard. “Okay, but hurry up, we can’t…
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December 7-Advent 2025
Name: Judy Schober Which Service do you attend: Sunday, 9:00 a.m. Word: Alpha Scripture: Revelation 1:8: “I am the Alpha and the Omega-the beginning and the end.’ Says the Lord God. ‘I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come—the Almighty One.’” Since by definition, Alpha brings to mind what’s the first, most significant starting point…
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December 6-Advent 2025
Name: Kari Diaz Which Service do you attend: Sundays, 9:00 a.m. Word: Unease Scripture: Luke 1:29: “Confused and troubled, Mary tried to think what the angel could mean.” It was 2002 and I had been blessed with a rich life; two bright and healthy daughters, a teaching career that I loved, and I was finishing my master’s…